Icky has lived in a number of States in the U.S.A. He is best known as the editor of Nosedive zine.

Nosedive first appeared in the 1990's. Nosedive appeared as a split zine with Sty Zine in 1996, edited by another icki, also known as Mark Murrmann. In 1997, a selection from Nosedive appeared in Volume II of the Zine Yearbook. Icky was given the award for 'Best Radical Historian' by The Williamette Weekly for Issue seven of Nosedive, a double issue featuring Portland's radical past; anarchist lumberjacks, bike radicals, the WWI, The Cannery Strikes, Portland Black Panther Party, feminist witches, Dr. Marie Equi, and local paper The Firebrand, are part of the extensively researched collection of articles to be found in this issue of Nosedive.